Table 27
Average State and Local Govenment Pay, 1999
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	New Jersey	$45,326		27	Indiana	$31,397
2	California	44,951		28	North Carolina	31,307
3	Connecticut	43,228		29	Utah	31,197
4	NEW YORK	$43,146		30	North Dakota	30,357
5	Alaska	42,988		31	Georgia	30,331
6	Rhode Island	41,440		32	Texas	30,125
7	Nevada	39,764		33	Missouri	29,932
8	Washington	39,749		34	Maine	29,828
9	Massachusetts	39,307		35	Nebraska	29,711
10	Michigan	39,101		36	Tennessee	29,615
11	Illinois	38,252		37	Kansas	29,539
12	Maryland	38,142		38	Wyoming	29,454
13	Pennsylvania	37,445		39	Idaho	29,276
14	Wisconsin	37,348		40	Montana	29,009
15	Minnesota	36,593		41	West Virginia	28,900
16	Oregon	36,508		42	New Mexico	28,894
17	Colorado	36,325		43	Kentucky	28,877
18	Delaware	35,925		44	Alabama	28,737
19	Ohio	35,037		45	South Carolina	28,583
20	Hawaii	34,627		46	Louisiana	27,646
21	Arizona	33,492		47	Oklahoma	27,160
22	Virginia	33,088		48	South Dakota	26,887
23	Florida	32,981		49	Arkansas	26,670
24	New Hampshire	32,656		50	Mississippi	25,318
25	Iowa	32,567		U.S. average		$35,704
26	Vermont	32,388		N.Y.S. % above avg.		20.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau data; calculations by The Public Policy Institute www.census.gov/govs/www/apesstl99.html
Pay for government jobs in New York tends to be higher than for those in services and retail, but lower than other sectors.